DocumentCode
2485083
Title
Sensor data fusion to determine wellness of an elderly in intelligent home monitoring environment
Author
Suryadevara, N.K. ; Mukhopadhyay, S.C. ; Rayudu, R.K. ; Huang, Y.M.
Author_Institution
Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
fYear
2012
fDate
13-16 May 2012
Firstpage
947
Lastpage
952
Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel mechanism to foresee the well-being of elderly through monitoring and functional assessment of the daily activities with the help of sensor data fusion. Two wellness indices are defined to determine the wellness of the elderly in performing their daily activities. Home monitoring system is targeted for the elderly people to provide a safe, secured, less cost and privacy system in assessing the ability to perform basic behaviours. Developed system was tested at various elderly homes instead of test bed and the results are encouraging.
Keywords
geriatrics; medical signal processing; sensor fusion; wireless sensor networks; functional assessment; intelligent home monitoring environment; sensor data fusion; Electrical products; Home appliances; Monitoring; Real time systems; Senior citizens; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Elder care; Smart Home; Wellness; Wireless Sensor Networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Graz
ISSN
1091-5281
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1773-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229645
Filename
6229645
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